who has the most receiving touchdowns in first season

Randy Moss had the most receiving touchdowns in his first season, with 17 touchdowns in 1998.

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	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Randy Moss R. Moss	17	1998	MIN	16	69		1,313	19.0	82.1	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
2	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	13	2021	CIN	17	81	128	1,455	18.0	85.6	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
3	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	13	1978	SD	14	56		1,001	17.9	71.5	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
4	Billy Howton B. Howton	13	1952	GB	12	53		1,231	23.2	102.6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	12	2014	NYG	12	91	130	1,305	14.3	108.8	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
6	Mike Evans M. Evans	12	2014	TB	15	68	123	1,051	15.5	70.1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	12	1965	DAL	13	46		1,003	21.8	77.2	-8	4	-2.0	-0.6	1
8	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	12	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Bill Groman B. Groman	12	1960	HOU	14	72		1,473	20.5	105.2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Harlon Hill H. Hill	12	1954	CHB	12	45		1,124	25.0	93.7	0	0		0.0	0
11	Mike Williams M. Williams	11	2010	TB	16	65	129	964	14.8	60.3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Brian Thomas Jr. B. Thomas Jr.	10	2024	JAX	17	87	133	1,282	14.7	75.4	48	6	8.0	2.8	0
13	Jordan Addison J. Addison	10	2023	MIN	17	70	108	911	13.0	53.6	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
14	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	10	2023	DET	17	86	120	889	10.3	52.3	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
15	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	10	2018	ATL	16	64	92	821	12.8	51.3	27	6	4.5	1.7	0
16	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	10	2010	NE	16	42	59	546	13.0	34.1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Daryl Turner D. Turner	10	1984	SEA	16	35		715	20.4	44.7	0	0		0.0	0
18	Sammy White S. White	10	1976	MIN	14	51		906	17.8	64.7	-10	5	-2.0	-0.7	0
19	Bucky Pope B. Pope	10	1964	LA	14	25		786	31.4	56.1	11	2	5.5	0.8	0
20	Bill Swiacki B. Swiacki	10	1948	NYG	12	39		550	14.1	45.8	0	0		0.0	0
21	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	9	2020	PIT	16	62	109	873	14.1	54.6	16	10	1.6	1.0	2
22	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	9	2016	NO	15	92	121	1,137	12.4	75.8	0	0		0.0	0
23	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	9	2014	CAR	16	73	145	1,008	13.8	63.0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Lee Evans L. Evans	9	2004	BUF	16	48	75	843	17.6	52.7	85	5	17.0	5.3	0
25	Eddie Kennison E. Kennison	9	1996	STL	15	54		924	17.1	61.6	0	0		0.0	0

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